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Q8: What are some additional useful to know baseball card collecting terms ?

(part 4)Team Set - a group of cards featuring all the issues of the players of a
particular team from the same release.

Test Issue - a preliminary offering issued as a test to see if a product
would be accepted by collectors.

Tobacco Card - typically from the early 1900s, these were cards issued with
tobacco products. The most famous of which is the "T-206" Honus Wagner card.

Traded/Update Set - a set issued after the original issue primarily featuring rookies
or players who were traded since the original issue came out.

Trimmed Card - a card reduced in size from when it was issued, usually to hide
an imperfection such as damaged edges or corners. Trimmed cards usually have very
little value but in some cases such as the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, even trimmed
cards can go for thousands of dollars. The most famous 'trimmed' card to date is the
T206 Honus Wagner purchased by Wayne Gretzky. The card was actually too large and
was trimmed down to it's proper size.

Unauthorized Issue - a card release which is not licensed by a league, a playerís
association, or by a player.

Variation - a card that was printed by the manufacturer in two or more different
ways.

Wax - a universal collecting term for factory-sealed packs or boxes. The term "wax"
most often refers to sealed material that was originally released in the
early 1990ís or back -- a time when packs were wrapped and sealed in wax
paper wrappers. It can casually reference modern era packs or boxes that no longer use actual wax paper.

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man TOBACCO

Red Man Tobacco issued baseball cards in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955,
making them the only tobacco company to do so since 1920.
The cards are very attractive with a large, painted portrait and a short
player's bio on the front. On the back is company advertising.
1/2" tabs at the bottom of each card could be exchanged for a prize.
The exchange rate was 50 tabs for one free Big League style baseball cap.
Thus, cards with the tabs still intact are much, much, harder to find
making them more valuable.

Without the tabs it is difficult to determine which year certain players
were issued. It is usually easiest to determine the year by looking at the
expiration date on the back. Subtract 1 from the expiration year to determine
the year of the card.

Each set is made up of 25 players from each league all personally selected by
Editor J.G. Taylor Spink of the "Sporting News".
Managers from each league were included in the 1952 and 1953 sets.
The 1954 set had four different variations.
If you ignore the many variations of the expiration dates,
that brings the total to only 208 cards to complete your
Master Red Man Tobacco Baseball Card Set !!! Start collecting now !

1963 Topps Stickers

Another of the interesting Topps Issues of the 1960's !
Topps inserted these Stick-Ons (stickers) in several of series of their 1963
Topps baseball cards. Interestingly, the Stick-On inserts were not mentioned
or advertised on wax pack wrappers in 1963.

The complete 1963 Topps Stick-Ons set is packed with HALL-OF-FAMERS and contains
46 stickers measuring 1-1/4" x 2-3/4". The Stick-Ons come in 2 distinct variations.
They can be found either with instructions printed on the back or the much
scarcer blank-back variation.

The Stick-Ons have with an approx. 3/16" "white" band running left to right
across the mug shot. This band appears to be lighter than the printing above
and below it. Theory is that it is an aging effect caused by the backing strip.